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  dealing with loss it ain't easy

  

  host parents and siblings weren't home. he was always cheerful ... an extent that I simply wasn't interpreting it correctly. I later ... grappled with the fact that I wasn't able to even speak to him over video

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • May 5, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  I Lived, I Learned, I Got Burnt not necessarily in that order

  

  week to prepare and say our goodbyes, think about all the times you don’t ... , I’ve been thinking a lot about the people I didn’t get to properly say goodbye to. Friends that I couldn’t get a hold of before leaving campus

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • May 26, 2021
• Blog / Classes

  Academic Things I’ve Learned no life lessons, promise

  

  often felt like I wasn't understanding why the equations I kept applying ... ; I can’t derive it from scratch right now." ]proved[/annotation] E = mc ... don’t understand how we figured it out in the first place. If Newton or

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 26, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  Goal Setting a learning process

  

  setting. During the school year, I don't actually use much task management ... my valiant attempt to read all of [annotation note="and honestly, I can't ... achievable goal, even if it isn't that lofty, is a good way to keep progressing

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • September 4, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  sophomore spring in hindsight reviewing my journal

  

  my new year's resolutions. Since I didn’t blog that much during the ... something that I now value very much even though I didn’t really consider it ... to school at BU, and I try to visit her at least once a semester. I don’t

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • June 28, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  A Major Crisis haha get it..cause..yeah,

  

  heading home, seeing as I haven't seen my family since August and my flight ... Logan. But I don't hate flying. In fact, I kind of like it. Sure ... crisis. Literally. I know it's only freshmen fall, but I can't help but

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 12, 2019
• Blog / Athletics

  Skating or School? Why not both?

  

  -to-plausible possibility that I wouldn't have the time, energy, or resources to continue to ... -time. Exams and psets I don't have enough time to study for or complete. Classes I don't take because they don't fit with ice time. Study abroad and

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • November 21, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  Breathless Why it's so hard to tell college students to ease up a bit.

  

  On a weekday, I meet my friend Alberto H. ‘17, who I haven’t seen in ... back to her as we walk out. “I’m sad”, I say, “I feel like I haven’t ... tells me about her worries about her relationship. She doesn’t want to

  • by Selam G. '18
  • October 16, 2015
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Campus is quiet summer thoughts and happenings

  

  hadn’t been working on my UROP. I say this in a sort of half ... don’t know… is quitting your summer UROP a thing? is a resume a thing I ... own work. I know a lot of people who feel this way, but I don’t think I

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • July 15, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  FIRST Robotics and Alumna-hood I miss my team.

  

  for High School students. I won't describe the program itself in too ... university. All hope is lost for the latter if you can't do the former. Of ... painful and bitter. Also, as team captain, it felt like I hadn't delivered

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 10, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Guest Entry: A Yankee in Cambridge Math, exchange programs, and why we love MIT.

  

  perspective to help you make sense of the decision that, though it won't make or ... is, unless you aren't looking for flexibility), then you're in luck. If ... innovation and the future. Certainly it isn't a bad thing to have respect for

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • May 1, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  hello from seattle This blog post hopefully not brought to you with an NDA.

  

  “ptooie” because I don’t have a smartphone and I think data plans are a rip ... wasn’t one of my intentions. However, I can’t say now that I regret it at ... blog post probably leaks memory, I don’t free anything and there’s no

  • by Cam T. '13
  • August 6, 2010
• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  Culture Clash Spain doesn't do sarcasm, and my soul is slowly dying. But then I took some…

  

  , a camel? Come on. Where did THAT come from? Why isn't it at least a ... know how when you can't think of the exact word you want to use to ... , "ah! I know exactly what you mean, but I can't think of that word either

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 9, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Boston’s 3rd of July It's almost a holiday, but not quite.

  

  don't skate on dirt, it trashes bearings, so I de-skated, threw them ... a harmless guy and didn't have anything dangerous or illegal and she said reassuring things like "I'm sure you're fine" and "I can't imagine

  • by Snively '11
  • July 4, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Felicitation Answers... and hopefully minimal snark.

  

  Christina wasn't serious, because she goes to MIT and is one hot piece, but ... to help students who didn't understand as well.) So just being a good ... professors is in students themselves. So don't be scared of them! They like to

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 16, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  November Questions Omnibus 1 As usual, Q & A.

  

  it exists. I went to the preprofessional advising site, but I can't ... if it isn't flawed, then you probably don't need a Bachelor's Degree ... know it can't work (because of the laws of thermodynamics), so explain

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 2, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  [Guest Post] A day in my life! by Callie T. '26

  

  Hi everyone! I’m Callie T, and Ellie invited me to share what my day ... lecture recording from today, but I give up halfway when I realize I don’t ... :30 — I try watching the physics lecture again. Doesn’t work the second time

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • April 1, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It’s Not Bra-Ket Science Building quantum computers to convince myself that they exist

  

  I don’t believe in quantum physics. Yes, I know that all the math ... is technically a quantum process. But those don’t count! What I really ... actually spinning”? How could it possibly be true that electrons “don’t

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • February 7, 2025
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  hihi i’m back featuring all my favorite excuses

  

  resulted in way too many essays for my liking. On the bright side, I didn’t ... blogs and didn’t have too much content left in me. Next semester, I’ll be ... "] i still can't believe i was actually given a platform for my garbage

  • by Anika H. '26
  • December 30, 2024
• Blog / Blog Projects

  This blog post was written by a winner my entry for #BlogstonCommons

  

  win that I didn't do any editing or even make an attempt at decent ... [annotation note="It wasn't an article from the Harvard Crimson. It was a ... for a littl ebit which was pleasant i guess. But you know whatisn't

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • November 9, 2024